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60 YEARS ON FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR 2
this issue salutes the memory of the men of the Royal Norfolks who distinguished themselves,
as Monty said: ‘Second to none.’

6 R Anglian - more to follow   Col Tim Swayne and a faux pas   Congratulations Lt Col Roger Herriot

Archives  Doyen's Dilemma 1935   Maj John Knox Forte on the Late Sir Julian Ridsdale   More on Sir Julian Ridsdale

Conversations and Letters  BNN !   Congratulations Lt Col Roger Herriot   Doyen's Dilemma   Grimbosq contacts sought   Maj John Knox Forte on the Late Sir Julian Ridsdale   WO2 Alec Barr aghast   WO2 Alec Barr going home 

Cyprus  11th North Elmham Reunion Apr 2005   Photograph of 5 Pl B Coy in Cyprus 1956 by Sid Mutimer

Did You Know About ?  'Young May Moon'

Did You Know These of The Ninth?  5770556 Harry Amis 1 & 4 R Norfolk [B&C 104]   Maj WEG 'Teddy' Bagwell MC   Dick Cooper of 1 R Norfolk   Bernard Cradick of 1 R Norfolk   William Curson of 2 R Norfolk   Charles Edward Gunnell   Col Richard Freeman-Taylor   Reginald Harper of 9 R Norfolk   Bernard Marshall

e-mail  Almanza Day 05 email from Simon Hatch in Iraq   Book of Bergh Apton   Capt Ray Pillar by Maj Richard Boulton TD JP   Jim Cameron on the late Alf Crane   Jim Cameron seeks a R Norfolk car grille badge   Maj WEG 'Teddy' Bagwell MC and the book by Capt John Lincoln MC 'Thank God and The Infantry'   More on Sir Julian Ridsdale   More on 'Young May Moon'   MV Georgic bombed 1941   MV Georgic memories 1955   MV Georgic from Andy Booth   MV Georgic from Ron Stokoe   MV Georgic restoration update   Restoration of Bill Taylor's Japanese bugle  

Events, Notices and Reports 2005 Index   4 R Norfolk Officers' Dinner Apr 05   4 Royal Norfolk Association Dinner Apr 05   11th North Elmham Cyprus Reunion Apr 05   A wrong has been righted concerning Sidney Read   Independence of India 1947 Club Reunion Lunch 13 Aug 05   WARMS visit to France May 05

Funnies A Blonde Fishing   A Man’s One Wish   A Pirate and the Barman’s Query   CNN News Flash   Col Tim Swayne and a faux pas   Dave Allen   His Holiness in his more youthful days   How the military deal with snakes   Moishe and the Pope   The BA 747 at Frankfurt Airport   The Beer Festival
The Cowboy   The Crap Game   The Customer’s Request   The Hearing Test for the Wife   The Man who Walked into a Bar   The Married Couple   The Response of Stormin’ Norman   The Two Pirates   Tommy Cooper - Comic Genius

Gems Dave Allen   Tommy Cooper - Comic Genius

Interesting Sites Veterans Agency www.veteransagency.mod.uk   (Click here for details of the Agency)

Korea Puzzle pic 2004 of Majs John Denny and Tony Towell in a bunker

Letters and Conversations  BNN !   Congratulations Lt Col Roger Herriot   Doyen's Dilemma   Grimbosq contacts sought   Maj John Knox Forte on the Late Sir Julian Ridsdale   WO2 Alec Barr aghast   WO2 Alec Barr going home

Maj Tim Chatting - A stirring obituary by Maj John Denny for Maj Tim Chatting, former Bedfs & Herts, 1 and 4 R Norfolk and latterly Norfolk ACF County Executive Officer, who died unexpectedly on 29 Nov 2004, can be viewed by a click here. Tim’s  passing to the Forward Recce Group leaves no surviving Warrant Offrs who sailed to Korea on the SS Empire Orwell on 30 Aug 1951. (See B&C 97 Dec 01. )

MV Georgic  MV Georgic bombed 1941   MV Georgic memories 1955 by Phyll Pearson   MV Georgic from Andy Booth   MV Georgic from Ron Stokoe   MV Georgic restoration update  
News Flash  From CNN

Obituaries this issue No 104 Jun 2005

People A wrong has been righted concerning Sidney Read   Col Richard Freeman-Taylor   Maj John Knox Forte on the Late Sir Julian Ridsdale   Maj WEG 'Teddy' Bagwell MC   WO2 Alec Barr aghast   WO2 Alec Barr going home

Suffolk Army Cadet Force - Report Jun 05.  Why is Suffolk ACF on the Norfolk pages ? The Norfolk Section Editor is Webmaster Suffolk ACF !

WW2 - to follow

VETERANS AGENCY www.veteransagency.mod.uk
The Agency is the single point of contact within the Ministry of Defence for providing information and advice on issues of concern to veterans and their families.
A free Helpline service 0800 169 2277, in working hours, Mon to Fri, will deal with enquiries from ex-Service personnel and their dependents.
The website www.veteransagency.mod.uk contains information and links to other useful websites. [B&C 104]

HOW TO FIND SERVICE INFORMATION
If you want information about someone who has died, you need to send a copy of their death certificate, unless they died in service. As service records are stored in various places around the country, to find the address you should write to for the records, contact the Veterans Agency, Norcross, Blackpool, FY5 3WP, Free Helpline 0800 169 2277, help@veteransagency.gsi.gov.uk If you are not a close relative (next of kin) you will also need the written permission of the closest relative. You may have to pay for the information. [B&C 104]

THE DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
The term veteran is used to mean all those who have served in the UK Armed Force, including their widow(er)s and dependents. If you have served in the UK Armed Forces, regardless of whether it was in war or during peace time or if you were a volunteer, reservist or national serviceman, you are considered to be a veteran. [B&C 104]

The above is also at: ../../archive_collection_2/seeking_comrades_and_family.htm with other information on:
Seeking Old Comrades and Service Details of your family

Editorial Rule
 To qualify for inclusion in the B&C there is only one rule - something described must have been said to have happened. 
The authority is the Editor, British Army Review No 114 Dec 96, `If the facts don`t fit the legend, print the legend’.

However, the rules of good taste, respect and confidentiality are always applied.

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